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Ref.: C.L.11.2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) presents its compliments to Member States and
Associate Members and has the honour to inform them that the International Strategic Dialogue
Meeting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
co-organized by the Government of Ghana, Norway and the World Health Organization will take
place on Tuesday, 12 April 2022 in Accra, Ghana. The meeting will take place in a hybrid
format, in-person and virtual, as appropriate to country and travel context.
The International Strategic Dialogue on NCDs and SDGs is a follow up to the
commitments made by governments in Paragraph 17 of A/RES/73/2 (Political declaration of the
third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of
non-communicable diseases) to scale up efforts “as Heads of State and Government, to provide
strategic leadership for the prevention and control of NCDs by promoting greater policy
coherence and coordination through whole-of-government and health-in-all-policies approaches
and by engaging stakeholders in an appropriate, coordinated, comprehensive and integrated, bold
whole-of-society action and response”.
The meeting will raise the priority accorded to the prevention and control of NCDs within
the national SDG response in low- and middle-income countries and will allow for an exchange
of knowledge and ideas with key stakeholders and raise the political visibility of Heads of State
and Government who are providing a strategic leadership role in the prevention and control of
NCDs to a global level.
The expected outputs of the dialogue are:
• An Informal International Head of State/Presidential Group on the Prevention and
Control of NCDs (NCD Presidential Group) will be established. The Group will meet
annually during the occasion of the high-level General Debate of the UN General
Assembly. The President of Ghana will chair the first meeting of the Group, which will
take place in September 2022 in New York at the 77th session of the UN General
Assembly.
• An International NCD Compact 2022-2030 (living document) will be launched at the
meeting.
A concept note, including a provisional agenda, can be accessed at the event webpage
International Strategic Dialogue on Noncommunicable Diseases and the Sustainable
Development Goals (who.int). The working language of the meeting will be English.
Interpretation will be provided in Portuguese and the six official languages.
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Member States can register to participate in the Dialogue at:
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n-1HbtIORCeg5xDy5zkXDQ
Additional information can be requested by sending an email to
[email protected]
The World Health Organization takes this opportunity to renew to Member States and
Associate Members the assurance of its highest consideration.
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Teema: WHO: C.L.11.2022 (International Strategic Dialogue on NCDs and
SDGs)
Dear Member States of the World Health Organization,Please find attached,
in the six official languages, C.L.11.2022 regarding the International
Strategic Dialogue Meeting on NCDs and SDGs, co-organized by the
Government of Ghana, the Government of Norway and the World Health
Organization on 12 April 2022.Should you have questions regarding
C.L.11.2022 please send an email to .Best regards,Department of Governing
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